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Dilawar Hussain

Dilawar Hussain

Born: 19 March 1907, Lahore, Punjab
Died: 26 August 1967, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Major Teams: Muslims, Northern India, Central India, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Known As: Dilawar Hussain
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: India v England at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1933/34
Last Test:
India v England at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1936

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    3    6   0   254   59   42.33   0   3    6   1

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1924/25 - 1940/41)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   57   94   9  2394  122   28.16    4   70  32

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling               40    0    -     -      0   0

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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The honour of being the first Indian to get two fifties in a Test goes to this well built wicketkeeper batsman. What's more, it was on his debut. Dilawar Hussain's impact then was immediate. Opening the batting in the second Test against England at Calcutta, Hussain was forced to retire hurt when 7, after being hit on the back of the head by a ball from Morris Nichols. This was on the second evening but on the third morning he came back to the crease and showed admirable determination in top scoring with 59. After India were forced to follow on, 156 runs behind, Dilawar Hussain coming in at No 7, again displayed patience and concentration in abundant measure in top scoring again with 57.

As a Cambridge undergraduate, Hussain was called upon to assist the 1936 team in England when both the originally chosen wicketkeepers were unfit. He scored 620 runs at a healthy average of 44.28 and in the only Test he played at the Oval, he made 35 and 54, going in at No 3. In a first class career that stretched from 1924 to 1941, Dilawar Hussain made over 2000 runs including four centuries and effected almost 100 dismissals. Later Hussain was a college principal in Lahore, a founder member of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan and a Test selector.(Partab Ramchand)


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